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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. infantrymen engaged in fierce battles with cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militants Monday and U.S. tanks moved closer to the revered Imam Ali Shrine as the American military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to leave the holy site and end their uprising.
Monday, U.S. warplanes bombed the area of the Old City, and fires lighted up the night sky, witnesses said. Ahmed al-Shaibany, an aide to al-Sadr, said shrapnel from the attack hit the shrine's golden dome, a minaret and the compound's outer wall.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Increases Pressure On Najaf Militants
The U.S. military denied damaging the shrine and said an air crew saw militants in the compound fire a rocket that clipped one of the walls and explode 10 yards outside.
"We are not doing anything that could have caused da...See the full content of this document
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